A vitamin (Japanese: えいようドリンクnutritious drink) is a type of item from the Pokémon games. They are used to boost the stats of a Trainer's Pokémon. Most vitamins are named after real minerals and organic compounds important to bodily health.

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In GenerationsI and II, vitamins gave 2560 Stat Exp to a stat, but could only be given until that stat had 25600 Stat Exp. However, in Generation III and beyond, stats were calculated with the system of effort values, and so instead vitamins give a Pokémon 10 EV points to a stat, only working if the EVs of the stat raised are less than 100, and if the total EVs are less than 510.

The two PP-raising vitamins do not work in the same way, since instead of raising a stat they raise the PP value of one of the Pokémon's moves. Rare Candy is also an exception to this, since it instead raises the Pokémon's level by one.

Rare Candies will add experience to a Pokémon until it levels up, and then stop, even if it just added a single experience point.

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In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, Protein, Calcium, Iron and Zinc appear as types of health drink. Their effects are based on their effects in the main series.

In the anime

Vitamins in the anime

Calcium made its anime debut in The Joy of Pokémon. Nurse Joy gave a whole bottle of these tablets to a giantMagikarp. Some other unidentified vitamins also appeared in the episode.

In Caterpie's Big Dilemma, the Rare Candy made its anime debut. However, unlike in the games, where the Rare Candy levels up a Pokémon, in the episode it actually makes the Pokémon larger (and in some cases uncontrollable) due to the fact that this was a specially modified and experimental version of it. Brock said that the original would merely "enhance a Pokémon's abilities". Also, due to a dubbing error, the Rare Candy was referred by a direct translation of its Japanese name, Mystery Candy.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards named Rare Candy.

Related cardsCards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.Cards listed with a silver background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.

The PP Max's English name is the same as the Japanese name of the Max Elixir.

Despite the name "Vitamin" referring to them, the Calcium, Iron and Zinc are based on minerals important for the human body, while the Protein and Carbos are based on two of the main constituents found on the nutrition labels of food products.